m_lc_scammers.html

History of the fight against the Organized criminals posing as Locksmiths
(commonly called "scammer Locksmiths" or "Mocksmiths")

9/21/2010	On Tuesday (9/21/2010) LOCKSMITH CHARLEY filed suit against 11 companies of "locksmith scammers", several telephone companies supporting their activities, Google, Yahoo, and the Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard. A hearing has been set for October 4th at 9:30AM. Judge Mangum has ordered the defendants to appear and show good cause why he should not issue a preliminary injunction to shut off at least 450 telephone numbers belonging to the 11 different companies. Consumers are urged to visit www.TheLocksmithPolice.com to learn more about the nationwide epidemic of locksmith scammers. Media and legal inquiries are invited to call 800-313-5397.
6/28/2012	On June 28, 2010, after 3 more hearings on my Order to Show Cause (notably CincoDeMayo and "D-DAY), Judge Mangum has ruled in this matter and has ordered a preliminary injunction prohibiting the appearing defendants (ATLAS, MILLER, MILLENNIUM, COMPLETE, and TRUST) from using any false addresses, that is to say, an address where they do not have a physical presence. The entire ruling may be read at: http://thelocksmithpolice.com/exhibits/Legal Documents/PreliminaryInjunction-ISSUED-2011-06-30.pdf If you are a consumer or a locksmith that has been following this issue you know what a huge victory this is!
11/21/2012	On November 21, 2012 the Arizona Court of Appeals heard oral arguments based on the appeal of several of the defendants of the preliminary injunction issued by the Superior Court.
1/31/2013	In November 2012 DEX delivered an East Valley Yellow Page directory to my residence. Under Locks & Locksmiths there were about 237 one line listings. Over 200 of those listings specified addresses that either (a) didn't exist or (b) existed but belonged to someone else, i.e. no locksmith there. The overwhelming majority of the telephone numbers involved were facilitated by MCI and their resellers. In their letter dated 1/31/2013 MCI informed the FCC that due to my complaint MCI and/or their resellers disconnected "more than 200" telephone numbers of locksmith scammers in the Phoenix market. The 200+ disconnected telephone numbers represent over 80% of the 237 one-line locksmith listings in the book we analyzed.
2/21/2013	3 month anniversary of AZ Court of Appeals hearing - no results. 2/28/2013 will represent 8 months of inactivity since our injunction was issued. JUSTICE DELAYED = JUSTICE DENIED.

5. LOCKSMITH SCAMS

THIS LINK TO MY REPORT ON LOCKSMITH SCAMS will hopefully give you, the educated consumer, some insight into what some unscrupulous SCAMMERS are doing to fool the public into calling them and then ripping them off afterwards. The ABC NEWS VIDEO tells a lot of the story.

(9/24/2010 Update) I have changed the previous link to go to another website I've authored, "TheLocksmithPolice.com" that contains a comprehensive description of all of the activities of the locksmith scammers as well as access to all of the legal documents that I've filed to date, a BBB report about Run-Local-Locksmith (HQ=Center Line Michigan), a Detroit TV news story on Run-Local, a letter from MCI to the FCC stating that because of my complaint they have disconnected over 200 Phoenix area Scammer numbers, and much more.
The old scammer page is here: http://locksmithcharley.com/SCAMS/SCAMS.html

NOTE: MANY OF THE ABOVE ARE EXTERNAL LINKS NOT CONTROLLED BY LOCKSMITH CHARLEY.

Anyone with any questions about High Security locks or any other aspect of locks, keys, security, etc is encouraged to e-mail me at mailto:charley@LocksmithCharley.com